EntertainmentAn F-Word recipe for disasterGordon Ramsay might be dropping an f-word or two after he topped a US doctors' list of the worst cookbooks of the year.22 Dec 04:30 PM
EntertainmentKitchen influentialKerri Jackson dons her imaginary apron and picks out the best cookbooks for Christmas.21 Dec 04:30 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: The Elephant's JourneyAlas, this this is the second-to-last novel from the Portuguese Nobel Prize winner from whom I have gained so much enjoyment and stimulus over the past few years.20 Dec 04:30 PM
EntertainmentThe present lies between the pagesLeft your Christmas shopping to the very last moment? Want to do the whole lot speedily, all in one shop and with the minimum of fuss? Books are the answer to all your gift needs. Here's our pick of what's on the shelves.20 Dec 04:30 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: American SubversiveAidan is a thirty-something professional blogger, living a low-rent version of the high-life in post-9/11 New York. His relationship with his journalist girlfriend, Cressida, is strained; he's stuck in a bit of a rut.20 Dec 04:30 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: TraitorA book that poses the really big questions: about war and friendship, about love and loss, about living and dying.19 Dec 04:30 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: The Complete Brigadier Gerard It’s not often that you get a book endorsed by both Philip Pullman and Winston Churchill. But then, Conan Doyle’s French cavalry officer has been around for nearly 120 years, and has been read by five or six generations. 19 Dec 04:30 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: Griffith Review 30This second annual Griffith fiction collection focuses on contributors and topics from the Pacific in a generously interpreted sense.18 Dec 04:30 PM
New Zealand<i>The Muddle-headed Wombat</i> author diesNew Zealand-born Ruth Park resonated with generations of Australians, novelist Thomas Keneally said today.17 Dec 02:31 AM
LifestyleBattle is on to save the house that Conan Doyle builtThe fight to prevent a house designed by Arthur Conan Doyle from being converted into flats is to be taken to the UK's High Court.17 Dec 01:57 AM
EntertainmentBook Review: Parisians: An Adventure History Of ParisGraham Robb has that rare gift of storytelling that compels riveted attention from readers of non-fiction as much as fiction and he understands that stories may spring emotionally from places but inevitably embrace the lives of people.13 Dec 04:30 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: The BraveNicholas Evans' new novel, <i>The Brave</i>, deals with the hard edges of life. This is a story of people and relationships interlaced with a complicated and ambitious plot.13 Dec 04:30 PM
TravelDon't miss: Federation Square EventsInteresting architecture, open spaces, galleries, shops, dining options and tourism activities make Melbourne's 'Fed Square'.13 Dec 01:00 PM
TravelTravel book: <i>Chasing the Devil</i>Adventurous foreign correspondent Tim Butcher decides to emulate a 560km trek that novelist Graham Greene made in 1935.13 Dec 01:00 PM
EntertainmentHandmade in CanadaWith almost 50 books to her name, the formidably intelligent Margaret Atwood is a force to be reckoned with. She talks to Robert McCrum about cowardly politicians, her love of birds and why she's joined the Twitterati.12 Dec 11:00 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: The Marrowbone Marble CompanyAn enormously worthy and well-intentioned novel, strengthened by its ethical content, burdened by the very same ethical content.12 Dec 04:30 PM
TravelBook Review: The Night BookmobileFirst, because it has to be done, let's get our definitions sorted. The cover of this slim volume bills it as a graphic novel.11 Dec 04:30 PM
WorldNobel laureates receive prizesThe 2010 Nobel laureates in literature, economics, physics and chemistry received their prizes in Stockholm last night.10 Dec 06:45 PM
LifestyleHow good was it for you?With the 2010 Bad Sex Awards announced last week by the Literary Review, Arifa Akbar looks at the criteria for consideration and the judging process.08 Dec 01:00 AM
